Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al...
by hairofadog on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @05:02PM
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I agree with the spirit of your comment, but I'd argue it's even more specific than distrust of government; I think it's mostly tribalism, at least in the U.S. I imagine if Trump had reacted differently to the pandemic (acknowledged it was a thing at the beginning and urged or mandated vaccines) I think you'd see a high vaccination rate within his base and a different demographic altogether showing their distrust of government.
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Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al...
by ptaipale on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @06:19PM
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Surely it is tribalism, but are you now giving a demonstration?
I have seen Trump boast about vaccines, in his usual distasteful way. I have seen him recommend vaccines. I have not seen him disparage or discourage vaccinations (though he's been extremely clumsy, as he was with everything).
It seemed to me that originally, when Trump boasted about the vaccines, his political opponents (the Democrats in US, and others elsewhere) were the ones who were sceptical about vaccine development - simply because of this tribalism.
(Note: I'm not American, not in either tribe.)